March 18, Online The United States has once again put Indonesia into its Priority Watch List of countries with rampant copyright infringement, despite claims by the government in Jakarta of progress on that front
March 18, Online
The United States has once again put Indonesia into its Priority Watch
List of countries with rampant copyright infringement, despite claims
by the government in Jakarta of progress on that front.
Eleven other countries are included on the list such as China, India, Thailand and the Philippines.
The Indonesian government has called for the country to be struck off
the list, citing its efforts to uphold intellectual property rights
(IPRs).
“We sent a submission to the US [in February] telling them that we’ve
been trying to eradicate all violations of IPRs,” Gusmardi Bustami, the
Trade Ministry’s director general for international trade cooperation,
said Thursday on the sidelines of an international trade forum held by
state lender Bank Mandiri.
Your comments:
“We’re serious about eradicating IPR violations.”
Why don’t they raid a mall in South Jakarta that is always full of
dodgy people buying dodgy stuff, or do something about all the illegal
DVD sellers on the streets? They’re not looking very hard if they think
they’re reducing the proliferation of IPR infringements.
Jeoff
Jakarta
Each country is responsible for its own internal affairs. Why does Big
Brother have the right to meddle outside its own jurisdiction?
Many Watch Lists regarding US infringements could be circulated too, or maybe we do not have that right.
Barry Acott
Australia
The US should put itself on the list. One can download illegal
copyrighted stuff on the Internet and purchase fake branded products
from Ebay.
You can even buy devices that will remove the copyright protection from tapes and discs.
There is an old saying “Clean your own house first”.
Exbrit
Probolinggo, East Java
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